Analysis of Pie In The Sky



Live a life of wretchedness and just before you die
rest in divine forgiveness
and find pie in the sky.

What sacred pomposity sanctions heinous intent?
What false grandiosity
dismisses all misspent?

Die the death of the righteous while tampering with sin.
Avoid impartial justice
while giving truth a spin.

What odd curiosity pries open specter’s vault?
What quaint preciosity
modifies every fault?

Gain eternal salvation no matter what you do.
Cling to the aberration
of ultimate rescue.

What religiosity winks at the acts of hate?
What blind generosity
allows evil good fate?


Scheme ABA CAC DBD EAE FXF GXG
Poetic Form
Metre 10111010111 1001010 011001 110100101001 111 010101 1011010110011 0101010 110101 11010011011 111 101001 1010010110111 110010 110010 100100110111 110100 011011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 562
Words 93
Sentences 11
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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